Marriage

Let me make a confession first– Our first Kid was not a planned one. I was not at all ready to be a Parent. Even my Husband was not. But it happened. I happily announced it to everyone around. I tried not to show the disappointment to my partner but once when we were out on an after-dinner walk, I started crying. My husband was clueless. I was reluctant to tell him the truth because, by default, women are…

The day she got married, she thought it will be the end to her sorrows that she found her prince now. She happily entered her new House. Day and Night, she worked to make it a Home. As days unfolded, her beliefs started shattering and everything seemed to prove her wrong. It was not her Happily-ever world anymore. Quarrels over small things, Arguments over silly topics and Partner’s irresponsible behavior was making her Marriage different from dreams. She…

Love or Arranged Marriage? Ask me which is better and I will tell you- None. Okay, Jokes apart but Marriage is something which is always a debatable topic. If you are a south Asian especially in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, you have 1 more reason to debate over Marriages- Love or Arranged marriage? It’s like asking the person to choose between two same distant paths taking to the single destination. Mine is Love Marriage but that doesn’t…

Do you ever feel the need of a manual while dealing with people? Honestly, I do. I feel the need of “deal with me manual” every-time I have to explain myself- my needs and my reactions. I stumbled upon this page few days ago and wonder what if we have something similar before entering into our Marriages. Would our lives be different if we had swapped our respective manuals before Marriage or things would be more awkward? Before you draw…

“Do you still love me” is a question which often resides in minds of people who are married for a few years now. Sometimes, we doubt our relationship amidst all the crisis life has to witness. Spooky questions cloud our minds which leave us with qualms. Is it loosing its spark? Does he/she love me anymore? What has changed? Bad patches in life make the things blurry. As time passes, we started doubting our relationship which gets overloaded with responsibilities.…

Being in a Joint Family, we rarely get some alone time when we can sit together to watch our favorite TV show or a Movie. I always wished to sit together and do silly talking for hours while holding the hands. We used to target Weekends for Movie Mania- all set with Laptop and Munchies. Thanks to those Punjabi Comedies which made us laugh together. Sometimes, a humorous forwarded joke from a friend made us giggle and initiated the silly…